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Application October 8, 1954, Serial No. 461,062

1 Claim. (Cl. 206-57) This invention relates to al dispenser forcarrying a plurality of sheets of folded tissue paper of the'typegenerally known as facial tissue which may be employed for use in theplace of ordinary cloth handkerchiefs and the like. The dispenser'embodying my invention can be carried in a flat shape within the coatpocket of a man for example, so that the user of the tissues may reachwithin the pocket and insert his index finger under an exposed fold ofthe tissue and withdraw the sheet of tissue from the dispenser withouthaving to take the dispenser out of his pocket or without disturbingother sheets of tissue carried by the dispenser. The same operation maybe employed by a woman carrying a dispenser in her purse. In otherwords, by use of the invention, one does not have to make a show ofpulling out a box of tissue sheets and withdrawing one and then havingto carry the box around for future use. The entire operation ofobtaining a sheet oftissue is had in an extremely unobtrusive manner.

The stucture embodied in the dispenser is quite thin and flat'in natureso that the dispenser does not have a bulky form even though acomparative large number of the tissue sheets are carried in it.

There are no parts to be operated in any manner when the tissue is to bedispensed, and the structure may be produced at a relatively low cost.

These and many other objects and advantages of the invention will becomeapparent to those versed in the art in the following description of theinvention as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1is a view in top perspective of a single sheet of the tissue paper;

Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of the tissue holder and dispenser;

Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of the dispenser in a folded conditionsuch as it would be in normal usage;

Fig. 4 is a view in perspective of the dispenser with a sheet of tissuecarried therein in the normal manner before the holder is folded intothe position indicated in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a view of the dispenser carrying a number of the tissue sheetsand indicating the manner of dispens- 111g;

Fig. 6 is a view in top plan of a modified form of the tissue holder;

Fig. 7 a view in perspective of the modified form of Fig. 6 folded intothe position to be assumed for dispensing; and

Fig. 8 is a view of the dispenser of Fig. 7 in a further foldedcondition ready for insertion and carrying in a ladys purse.

The tissue sheets generallyV designated by the numeral 10, Fig. l, arefolded along lines 11 and 12 to have overturned aps 13 and 14, the edgesof which are spaced apart laterally across the sheet 10.

A holder generally designated by the numeral 15, Fig. 2, is formed tohave two overturned flaps 16 and 17 united along their edges 18 and 19respectively with the generally maior and at portion 20 by any suitablemeans 2,768,739 Patented Oct. 30, 1956 ice either by stitching or asherein shown as being an integral part of the portion 20. The materialout of which the members 16 and 17 as well as 20 are formed may be anymaterial such as a synthetic plastic or a stiffened fabric having a bodyin any event such that it will tend to hold its Shape. its central zonefrom one edge 18 to the other edge 19.

Preferably the edges 22 and 23 of this slot 21 are enlargedV by arcuate,centrally disposed cut away portions dened by the edges 24 and 25.

One sheet of tissue 10 after another is laid across the central portion20 with the iiaps 13 and 14 turned downwardly toward the member 20, Fig.4, and then the holder aps 16 and 17 are turned over the stack ofsheets' 16 thus disposed.

Noting first the folded form of the holder 15 as illustrated in Fig. 3,it is to be observed that the normal and final position of the holderwhen ready for use is that as shown wherein the holder flaps 16 and 17are on the inside when the holder is folded substantially across itscentral zone midway between the slot edges 22 and 23. This foldingcauses a folded length of the flaps 16 and 17 to extend upwardly beyondthe slot edges 22 and 23. That is, the upper folded line 26 and 27 ofthe flaps 16 and 17 respectively, Fig. 3, is located at a distance abovethe then disposed slot edges 22 and 23.

The holder is thus folded for use after the tissue sheets 10 have beenloaded in the holder as suggested in Fig. 4, to bring the dispenser whenloaded into the form as illustrated in Fig. 5. are folded over the flaps16 and 17 across the fold lines 26 and 27 so that there is substantiallyan equal length of each of the tissues extending downwardly within thedispenser between the flaps 16 and 17 and the portions of the area 2()Vextending from the slot edges 22 and 23.

With the dispenser in the form shown in Fig. 5, it is to be seen that itassumes a rather flattened shape so that itwill readily tit within amans coat pocket or even his pants pocket, to have the exposed tissue 10along the then relatively upper portion of the dispenser. It is to benoted that in this form of loading, the flaps 13 and 14 of the tissue 10are exposed.

By reason of this exposure of the iaps 13 and 14, the user of thetissues may insert his index finger 28 into his pocket and allow it toslide down over the uppermost exposed tissue 10 between the flaps 13 and14 and then bring the end of the finger back under the flap 14 forexample, Fig. 5, and pull upwardly so that that uppermost tissue sheet10 will then be withdrawn from the holder 15. In doing so, the undertissue sheets will remain securely in place without being disturbed asthis upper or outermost tissue sheet 10 is pulled out. Thus the user maywithdraw a sheet of the tissue 10 from his pocket without having to takethe dispenser out and expose it at any time. lt would appear to otherpersons that the tissue sheet had been carried within the pocket withoutbenefit of having been in a dispenser. By reason of the arcuate edges 24and 25, a slightly greater length of the tissue 10 is exposed below thetop fold lines 26 and 27 to permit the index finger 2S to be readilyinserted under the ap 14 or 13 as the case may be depending upon whichway the holder 15 has been placed in the pocket. By reason of thepresence of the arcuate edges 24 and 25, the liap 14 may be readilylifted from the major joining area of the tissue sheet 10 thereunder tofacilitate the insertion of the finger 28 under the ap.

When the dispenser is to be carried in a ladys purse, it may bedesirable to reduce the over-all area of the dispenser for convenienceof carrying. In such cases, the holder 15, Fig. 6, does not haveparallel side edges as indicated in Fig. 2, but has sloping edges 29 and30 between the parallel ends 31 and 32 so that the over-all The portion20 has a slot` 21 extending across In this form, the tissue sheets 10V 3shape of the holder when the flaps 13 and 14 are placed thereover istrapezoidal. Otherwise the dispenser 15 is exactly the same having thecentral slot 21 extending laterally thereacross centrally between theends 31 and 32 with the arcuate edges 24 and 25 centrally of the slot.',As indicatedin Fig. 7, the holder 15 may be folded about a centraltransverse axis into the form shown in Fig. 7, and then further, theholder may be folded again about a central longitudinal zone A to bringit into the shape as indicated in Fig. 8. This may readily be done afterthe tissue sheets have been loaded within the holder, and then thetissue sheets may be removed one at a time from the holder with theholder left in the form as shown in Fig. 8 or opened out to the formshown in Fig. 7 simply by inserting the linger under one of the flaps 13or 14 of the tissue and lifting outwardly so as to pull the sheet fromwithin the holder. The sloped edges 29 and 30 constituting the junctionsof the aps 16 and 17 with the central area of the holder being slopedoutwardly one from the other from the edge 32 toward the edge 31 toprevent pinching of the tissues within the holder when it is folded tothe position shown in Fig. 8 and accordingly permits the easy removal ofthe tissues from that holder. Thus it is to be seen that I have provideda very simple and yet most effective structure for ease of dispensingfacial tissues. In all cases, the material out of which the holder ismade may be exible so that it will readily conform to the shape of onespocket if necessary. In any event the material will permit folding ashas been indicated so that the holder may be opened out again forloading and then brought back again into its dispensing form. While Ihave shown and described my invention in the one particular form, it isobvious that structural changes may be employed without departing fromthe spirit of the invention, and I therefore do not desire to be limitedto that precise form beyond the limitations of the claim appendedhereto.

I claim:

A dispenser of separate, paper tissue sheets, each sheet having anopposite side portion folded over at, one portion toward the other, ontoa major area of the sheet, said portions terminating thereover alongtrans,-

versely spaced apart lines extending longitudinally of the sheet leavinga central portion of said area exposed between those lines, therebydefining a length of tissue sheet of greater thickness through thefolded over areas than through said central portion, comprising twosections of flexible material; a pair of exible material flaps; saidsections being joined by opposite side edge portions respectively toopposite edges of said flaps with said flaps extending from those sideedges flat-wise over the sections, one toward the other, said aps havingopposing free longitudinal edges transversely spaced apart one from theother across said sections; said sections being longitudinally spacedapart along said flaps centrally thereof and with spaced apart opposingedges defining an open slot therebetween with said flaps extendingacross the slot at ends thereof; said flaps being transversely foldedalong a line centrally between said section opposing edges, one apflat-wise against itself respectively, presenting said joined sectionsoutwardly of the aps;`said tissue sheets being disposed in a stackbetween said sections over said aps across said slot with said foldedover portions directed toward said sections; said stack beingcompressibly and frictionally engaged along its longitudinal edgeportions between said section and said flaps, exposing through said slota central zone of said stack in folded condition with said sheet foldedover portions being outwardly presented, between the opposinglongitudinally spaced lines of which, an index linger may be insertedover said central area portion and under one of said sections and bentto enter under one of the folded over portions thereby engaging theoutermost sheet for pulling from the stack.

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